Travelianwrote
Judging how these never show up in "popular" on any of the apps nobody else does either.

I have the anime page open at the moment, the "popular" tab selected, and Recorder and Randsell is listed in the 5th row, 3rd column, between Gintama and Saint Seiya Omega. Senyu ,AIURA, and Sparrow's Hotel are listed further down the page.

kmkq8wrote: Thanks CR, 9 anime titles and I can only watch one of them ...

... cant even watch attack on titans.

"Even"? That was one of the few North America only simulcasts that Crunchyroll has had for the past year. You were expecting Middle East licensing for a series that is not licensed to the UK or Australia?

And, yes, if I lived in the Middle East, except maybe Turkey, I wouldn't have an ongoing subscription to Crunchyroll. I'd watch the occasional series on free streaming, maybe with the occasional single month subscription to catch up without ads.

Judging how these never show up in "popular" on any of the apps nobody else does either.

On the other hand, "popular" is dominated by free member views, while Crunchyroll's revenues are dominated by subscribers. Crunchyroll has been streaming them for long enough that we can be confident that the royalties from the actual views of the shows are enough on average to cover their license fee and streaming overheads, so they are self-funding based on those who do watch them..

I also agree that your sense of bishounen is... warped. Unless I'm mistaken, it means pretty boy. And the pic for gifu dodo does not suggest that. Except that is exactly how pretty boy characters are drawn. You do understand that it is pretty boys to Japanese women, not to us men?

Even so. How exactly are you sure about what Japanese women consider pretty? Maybe it's because i'm a dude like you pointed out, but I don't see it. It's not even aesthetically pleasing to me.

hpulleywrote: Bishounen is a character design term, not a genre. You are completely right that the genre is seinen but those character designs are definitely bishie to my eyes... the flowing hair, fans, purple pearl necklace...

I also agree that your sense of bishounen is... warped. Unless I'm mistaken, it means pretty boy. And the pic for gifu dodo does not suggest that.

Except that is exactly how pretty boy characters are drawn. You do understand that it is pretty boys to Japanese women, not to us men?

Even so. How exactly are you sure about what Japanese women consider pretty? Maybe it's because i'm a dude like you pointed out, but I don't see it. It's not even aesthetically pleasing to me.